As I understand it, when you power the Arduino from an external supply, the serial functions do not work. The Serial pins only work when the Arduino is powered by USB. I came up with a possible solution, was wondering if anyone has already tried it though: I'm thinking of cutting a USB cord and ab…

Idea to get serial ports working WITH external power supply

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